Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-07
Is u BEALETEDl
Ao Interesting Question in View Of the
Auocvyr Cout.ove.sy.

AuocvYr Controversy.
Do orthodox Christians bsl.ere that
the heather world without repeHta1ca
and acceptance o. Jesus Christ, is to Re
irretrieys5iy CANNED; They profess to
believe it, says the Unitarian organ, the
/ Chlistia1 Register. I: is written in their
creedc, II has osel DrSsChSd in mission
aTy sermons ami in their tLeGI,g.cal
seminarieS; but Ths. evidence do they
give to the world that L.e7 really
believe in the doctrine toev ho.d?
/ tniS question which R-y. T. J..
| Slwyfr, il sn ahIe article in tie
( CbrIstain Leader, puts to the IEdenen-
dent Waicd ediiorialy presents the
"s0lemn convection MS. Every soul DYING
"ithoutfaith IL Cari>i is - BIZ cUnsiEnsG
% Ael--nFa forever, 81 the motive taat
aroused theit rli-eiG1ary Z4Sl - "If that
Is relisioasj5 b4Ieyet," Says D.. SAWYER.
1t Should BE- potent b Juud eX,russiou.
Let US see hJ~ it operates" /. IS ~ no
means certain that the editorial article
which DE-. S4wytr 50 earnestly @rSWcrs
was written by DR.. Ward, is Gator; but
Il represents, ECVer.h"l-ss, the stItude
q! ire lad pendele Tlc IF Give reply
u pr Sawyer Is aCcn III the c.1tat!oa
wa!ch follows:
We may sst,iy assume, suppose, taa.
there 81" one Thousand million 1-E,1e.
81 Lon Christian pe0yIs o. the e4r.1 al
this moment. OF taja vas' number il i.
estimated llat thirty milton VIII die and
- 70 neil every Y5@r, R0d 81 p.2c;ic4lig
villain th,rd u . century. And ~lac, (
81, arc or orthodox Geiga53Yg doing /
10 stay this awful ruit? Tn Co@ere.a- /
Lohsi cauTcl, sE told la5 tais ye.r /
appropriated 5 600 900 T. the causs o. /
foreign missions; that is. 81 toward The /.
salvation Of every Thirty pagan s.ul., 7
which will Gle end withOU. succor be IN
EEL hetoretne emf of :w,Iye months.
NOV, to measure The p9Tlr q these
e"Iui i2Cts, let us see Whac sacrifices cur
Congregational frierds aye naEing in
this great cause. THIS church Aas more
than G,0Q0 Church meme-rs, and lis
are probably vice, peg
osps tLree or fur times, ina. number
II tire church members pay the whole
SUM, i would average s5Uu. $3.50 each;
aud, cH tie sJ?posIIon thet as maay
more III themj it would De = Is eacl
per anIIm; or, Is two others aia each
church member, il would reduce il ab5u,
- cents.
Tie Universaist believes Gil men VIII +
D 1Slly De saved, eLd gives Tor f9rei.n
MISSIONS nothing. His ConeregatlonaIist
1eigAb0r believes that 20, 600 eco naa,ha1
souls ere falling his year into he'll fire,
ana gives. at most, s. 30, or psrns2s,
81 10 Or - cents for their salvation. Do
hay snow their faith By their We.
Now, behave If the Congregational
'nGTch were persuaded that 30 900 human
)@,Dgs, not 10 say 20, 000. 900, were about
o die Of starvation on g Pacific island
within twelve months, and that 81 co.,
100 would save their lives, it would raise
nat paltrg sum in wee&-8v, on aHv
'10oath day in the year
But this IS NOT the worst aspect CT the
ace. an LETT 70 wonder what Or. Ward
an thiEk Ol the Gcd whom lie wcrshirs
ND seeks to love and serve, who has
rented there Millions CT immortal be- rgs
md lett their highest Interests for ttar.
lily TO the contingencies Of the human
viii, their ovn or that OF fsnOwmeu,
nd especially When he clearly foresaW
hat all would end in their everlasting ,
And this is not the
'"fuI work Of this year, CT this genera
ION, or this century alone Il has been ,
,oing on almost from the creation of the !
ace. And God saw il all from the be
Inning. II the name OF reason end con
cierce and humanity, where IS the wis
ION, the goodness, in tue awful trsredy ,
i the universe: Yet the Scriptures
each Us that God is love, and that be is
.ood to sl. and that his teodtr mercies
re over all mis- works.